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...It also ruffled feathers when it chose to be among the first Arab states to restore diplomatic relations with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad....
...Here’s their minister of state for foreign affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, talking to Fox News. Adel al-JubeirSaudi Arabia does not politicise oil or oil decisions. Oil is not a weapon....
...Tensions rose further after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018....
...In a rare interview, Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, the Saudi foreign minister, told the Financial Times that the talks with Iran had been “cordial”, while describing the negotiations as “exploratory”...
...Once synonymous with combat fatigues and weapons, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani has undergone an image change, with the Syrian jihadi this month photographed wearing a western-style business suit....
...William Barr on Monday unveiled charges against Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, who the US says admitted to Libyan investigators that he built the device that brought down the plane in 1988....
...Yet this has been the regime’s modus operandi since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a former military chief, seized power in a 2013 coup that ousted Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who was the country...
...The dynamics dramatically shifted when Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seized power in a 2013 coup....
...It was also the first Gulf state to reopen its embassy in Damascus, delivering a boost to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad....
...Those who orchestrated the campaign used fictitious personas, posing as locals in countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa, writing about “the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, his economic and social...
...“Shops should be closed during prayer times,” said preacher Saad al-Khathlan, who teaches sharia at Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, in a lecture earlier this year....
...The proxy forces reminded everyone that . . . no one should think of a war and not even use the rhetoric of war,” says Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, a former Iranian vice-president....
...That has helped Saudi Arabia’s PIF, the vehicle through which prince Mohammad has attempted to force through his economic reforms, secure loans at incredibly favourable rates....
...They poured billions of dollars into Egypt to back Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime after Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader, was ousted in a 2013 coup....
...Part of an Asia tour that also includes stopovers in Pakistan and China, it was viewed as an opportunity for the prince to improve his image after the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi....
...Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for the sophisticated attack....
...Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday that Riyadh wanted to try to de-escalate tensions between the two neighbouring countries and “to see if there is a path forward to resolving those differences...
...King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa The king, 68, took power after his father died in 1999 and immediately implemented reforms, including allowing activists and opposition figures to return from exile....
...The Saudi consul general in Istanbul, Mohammad al-Otaibi, invited Reuters on a tour of the six-storey premises on Saturday, opening cupboards and panels covering air conditioning units in a bid to disprove...
...“It can’t happen without authorisation by the highest authority in the [ruling] Al-Khalifa family,” he said....
...al-Otaibi in Istanbul while investigating the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi Up in smoke A member of the Pakistani Anti-Narcotics Force takes a selfie beside a pile of burning drugs...
...Prince Mohammad bin Nawaf al-Saud Ambassador to the UK of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Nasser Kamel Ambassador to the UK of the Republic of Egypt Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed al-Khalifa Ambassador to the...
...The Saudi consul-general in Istanbul, Mohammad al-Otaibi, took Reuters on a tour of the consulate to show that the missing journalist was not there....
...As the present emir’s father, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, told Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009, when the then French president urged him to stop backing Hamas, the Palestinian branch of the Brotherhood, “one has...
...Angelino Alfano, Italy’s foreign minister, also discussed the Syria crisis with Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister....
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